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WORLD RADIO DAY 2024

WORLD RADIO DAY 2024

19-02-2024
  1. Observed on: 13th February every year.

  2. Theme: "Radio: A century informing, entertaining and educating".

  • It highlights the history of radio and its powerful impact on news, drama, music and sports.

  1. Aim:

  • to promote international cooperation between radio broadcasters,
  • to encourage major networks and local radio stations to foster access to information and freedom of expression.

  1. Objectives:

  • to raise awareness among the general public and the media about the value of public service audio,
  • to encourage decision-makers to promote free, independent, pluralistic radio and,
  • to strengthen networking and international cooperation between broadcasters.

  1. Radio: It is a low-cost medium specifically suited to reaching remote communities and vulnerable people.

  2. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) honours this day to reflect on radio’s vast virtues and its ongoing relevance in today’s digitally divided world.

  3. History:

  • The first radio transmission was made by Guglielmo Marconi in 1895.
  • In 2011, Member States of UNESCO proclaimed February 13 as World Radio Day.
  • It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013 as an international event.

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